We walked in the City of Sin as two women completely out of place beneath the glow of the neon lights and lingering redolence of cigars whose names I will perhaps be never able to pronounce. Yet, as we traversed upon the pavement plastered with the pictures of a thousand women I found a friend. Weaving around hundreds of pedestrians I discovered a confidante. With every step I took I found myself deeper and deeper into conversation with her, as though I had known her for years but had never been able to recall her face.

I’ve never met a soul quite like Brandis Allison. She has such a beautiful heart, a genuine and honest manner of speaking, and a pair of such lively and excited eyes. Ask her about her family. Her face will positively beam with happiness and pride. She had only been away from her husband and two children for a short while, but I could tell that in her verbal recollections her heart ached to be with them.

When I spoke to her about her business I knew her clients were, are, and will be, some of the most blessed in the world. The love she has for the people she photographs is ever so evident that it’s near contagious. Her passion for bringing out the beauty in those around her is so very admirable and her approach to her photography is so fresh and pure. She smiles at the end of every sentence. It is without a doubt one of the loveliest things I have ever witnessed.

Mrs. Allison, you are such a wonderfully beautiful person. Inside and out. Your clients are so fortunate to have a photographer who cares so much about them. And I am ever so blessed to have made a lifelong friend in you.

xoxo

-Rebekah Elena